Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-18
WHOLE NO. ll,206.
THE SMALLPOX.
DIR. Simpson Declares Los Angeles Is
Badly Infected.


ispol,ssI mno FiSIte9 nlin at ms oilce yester-
gay s :. .eiiUoi:, "; olulsoh said ne had no
uest1e ~ iu!Hisil me press Win sensational
fteHls oi news put as Ihe condition OF ar
.alas IN ana around Los Angeles vas no
.iiIihS matter, ne thought 1t bat proper
ma. tne true state OF the case should be
nlaGe SHOWN, IN order that the public
might De on lhs9f guard.
Opoh arriving IN Los Angeles. residents
were, ace9rdlng to the doctors statement,
.E.iiiu 70 pe eserefneiy retlcent concerning
the eAis'enee OF the dread disease in their
iiilus', anu thelr newspapers as silent on
tue Su'yect as posSIDle. Inc presence OF
ule otate DoaFG OF healtn was evidently
unWelco,ue' anu their VISIT even seemed to
oe Iesalueu, sa.a the Soctor, as an unwar-
IaIlteu ., ass'iinp ptioa OF authority The Los
nlseieS PeoPie seemed 10 feel tbat they
neie 9oie 70 take care OF themselves, and
desired no interference from the States
oIlceIs. ne Inehieers ci the Clty council.
VINO are IA realty Inc local Board OF Health.
lIe5,'eu a me matter as OF httie importance,
anu anu SPoKe OF IL u, IN tone OF indifference.
1ne Heath Oiucer spoke OF the disease as
eAistins Only III Ihliu lornl, and being
entheiy utuei cohuul, ana repeatedly
slnteu that tne outbreak was Trivial oc-
culIsnce. ne considered II too much
llouoIe 10 IeVaccihate every ore, or to ex-
aeiiie 'he ,, last vaccination 10 see II 1t was
euecuVe Inc only persons VINO were really
ailVe 20 the necessity OF prompt action, said
~. Dr. simpson, were mayor Workman and
chairman ID, ho"en OF the Board OF Super
Vlsors' 1hese gentlemen seemed 10 fully
appreciate me situation ana reallze Its
uahSeIs' ana therefore iaVoreu the adoption
OF enecuve measures 20 olmhedlateiy stamp
out the disease but they were IN woful
lhInorlty. ny
lr. simpson sald he regarded the situa-
@ tlon at Los Apgeies as serious, ana hkely
ID grow worse instead OF better, owing, as
ne salui 10 Ine inactivity OF the local au-
tnorInes. Four weeks ago there was but
Single case whlcn undouptedIy came up
from Mexico put between then and now the
NUMBER IS aoihltteu 10 nave increased to
I9rty, ana there nave been several deaths.
forty cases OF small pox occurring within
periou ol louT weeks III clty having the
Popuiatloh oI Los angeles Was,not mat
yer TO 70 De treated llghtiy' ne SAID: Al pres
ent there are thlr,eeh patlents IN the hos
pital anu ii cen houses under quarantine,
ias IliaAlns SIXTEEN Polnls wIlch may become
Plasu sPo -cehteis Vi dissemination Irom
wnlcn ine uiSease may spread an over the
city uh ess tne greatest Flgli ahce Is exei-
Giseu. @ Seiialn II:I, oI tnese quaTaniine resi-
. ueiiese aie on I'm s.iee Mhich - thehhest
s suee. ~ the ciIy' ny ana 0theis are over IN
opaliisneoMn- e me shlail-pox hospital is
| very inleilor structure, without adequate
lii laelntlesi an; anu mere was lalK OF building
ahotLeI put :i. as tIe proposed new hospital
- .io. Ses Jun, - contemplated erection
! GUS io lSu III tlS Sase. 90 laI the uls-
ease mas 9een cohnhed 10 the local popula-
lioh, anu no cases nave as YET occurred
a.ionS tne numerous rr' TOURISTS VINO nave
Vislteu me Guy. Inc doctor denied en-
Puallcally .lhI tne ulssase was by any
neals Stamped OUT ana reiterated his as,
seiuon tnat ine sixteen points named
nllg1! oecoine eelitels Oh lhlecuon produc-
liis 9iie 6 lesui,s Ih!ess great care was exer-
clseu. Outsiue Oh tne Guy cases OF the DIS
ease eXlsteu at fasaaena, Downey, Lavlnla,
Green MeauoWs, Ierrls ana Molave, the
paliehl ae tne ast-ndlieu place peing
rallr0su eupploye. All the employees OF the
ooutnern racine company have been vac
cinaieo at the company expense, and
great many people nave Deeh vaccinated at
lhe expense OF tne city OF Los Angeles.
great araW paeK, the doctor said, had
existed IN ihe quaIty oI tne VIRUS USED,
ana Ut; huriz hau stated that the hrst lot
received was almost worthless, since then
peter arucie had oeen obtained, and
more satisfactory results attended Its use.
W Mhlle IN Los Angeles the State Board of
aeaith heia neeungla the rooms OF the
BOARD OF trace, %nich the mayor, the
member 4, OF the Clty Couneli and City
DoaIq VI hedltn a'teh9eu. Inc recon-
Ileluatlohs on nlaue uy the otate Board re-
garulhs tne proper niahner OF tIeatlng the
olsease were resented py the local press,
wRlen clalinea 60 lhat a local 20 ordinance was
sulllcieht lor !ne occasion. ms crdlnance,
upon lh9pectioll' was, however, 1ound TO
pe sei? ioGse III ils pioNlsiohs, ana alto-
se,nnet lieAieotual'
heIerrlhg 70 me aAeged negligent man
ieI III WHICH the aut1eriues handled pa
tiSn's, lne uoctor ci'eu the case OF man
VINO VINO hau peen sent 10 the sinaII-pox nos
Pital upVii .ne stiPposi.on !hal ne nau tnat
es eiseasS. A!.eI M leinalnlns s III me hosp'tai
ioui u'S S11 > n "us @ tnat ne hao
nGt tne siilaaI- out the measles. When
.iiis III ettn' oiSeoNsly was mace 'he pa
ient M, was ielesseu.
" neI 'pe uoc'oI iele Los angeles the
1bi"JoIi'S va niS co"'J JG.oIs on tne otate
DeE DoalG Cllne' IyfIeil, Oale ana
CIow .e e., m; anu tney nave now
soie " os,i Dteso. ~ was ne salu' the IN
.eii'ioii ! ol t-ie ,otale boaTu 10 pisee station
.nspeoto!s a' c .ne port oi can fedro, az MO-
jaw slet.oiI, r Golioil alu ln.io' so that pas
seilseIs rum nun b1s angeles, either py steamer
vi ldLi, Mouiu nave 70 pass u1der proper
su'NeiliaLce i ResarI;lis the possloility {
a., epiueliIc oi sIiali-poX ,hronshout the
! - - :. ffs'e~
such a result, yet II was not to i'e forgotten
@ thss louI "eehs aso mere was put the soii-
lary case imported from Mexico, while
now mere are some twenty or twenty
points rom WhlGh lhe uisedse might be
ci~senllhaied' All would aepend upon the
energy OF me local authorities-H they are
ailVe 10 the emergency there IS no oanger !;
II not thefe IS; In ms city, III times of
epiueniic' sald INC doctor, the local author
iiles have usually been wide enough awake
10 prevent me Glsease from Spreading to
otner parts OF the ota'e. Inc thing to be
guarded against IN AL such cases IS the
multiplying OF point, of eontsglon. The
doctor thought that there shonld be quar-
antlne stations established along the Mexi-
can frontier to prevent the introduction of
the disease INTO the adjoining territories,
whence II could easily be brought to this
State. But the Board OF Health OF Califor-
MA conld exercise no jurisdiction outside
Of the state. rms was matter, continued
the doctor, Whica 1t would be the duty Of
the general government to take in hand.
Quarantine stations should be established
al I'll faso, Nogales ana una. 1t was not
Impossible, ne SAD, that the members OF
the Board who have gone to San Diego
might make tour along the border OF
| Mexico LOT some distance, IN order 70 fuliy